Top 1200 Dramatic Change Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.

Customs change with time, so it isn't fair to permit change only when you happen to approve of it but condemn change citing biblical authority when you don't.

Change is painful. Few people have the courage to seek out change. Most people won’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.

I only change things where I know about a situation. I'd never change just for change.

Life’s all about the revolution, isn’t it? The one inside, I mean. You can’t change history. You can’t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.

Things can never be as they were. It's astonishing how we comment on change, as if change is something remarkable. On the contrary, not to change is unnatural, against nature.

Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation, and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks, and accept responsibility for making change happen.

One thing, change, is what everyone says. The question is, what type of change? What's the right change to produce a different outcome for the people left behind by globalization?

Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.

You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.

The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

If a president can change some laws, can he change ALL laws? Can he change election laws? Can he change discrimination laws? Are there any laws, under your theory, that he actually HAS to enforce?

Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change.

Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress.

There are two ways to change things: Either you are forced to change or you have the intuition to change.

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.

There are two types of change: the change we choose and the change that chooses us.

I'm not a musical theatre person, and I never will be, especially after seeing the way it operates. It's so incredibly inefficient. It takes three weeks to effect a change. It can be a lighting change, a script change, a musical change - you have to meet with six different departments, and about a month later, it may happen.

Anytime you adopt a new system you change work flow and so people have to change, to some degree change the way in which they do things.

The average mind requires a change of environment before he can change his thought. He has to go somewhere or bring into his presence something that will suggest a new line of thinking and feeling. The master mind, however, can change his thought whenever he so desires. A change of scene is not necessary, because such a mind is not controlled from without. A change of scene will not produce a change of thought in the master mind unless he so elects.

Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him.

Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again.

We're very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change.

I thought I could make change by just working at ground level, but to change a community, you have to change policies.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.

You can change environments, but until you change yourself, nothing else will ever change.

I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

I want God’s Word to get into our bone marrow and change the way we walk...change what we do...change how we think.

For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change.

I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.

If there is going to be change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves. That's how change happens.

Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me and change in my body, from the stroke. Things have changed this plane of consciousness. We've tried to keep things the same. It causes suffering. This suffering is another step in your spiritual life, in your spiritual journey.

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change.

You can make change or it can make YOU. Change is to keep us on our toes. Change is to make us look more closely. What doesn't change are the arms you use to hug with. Those stay the same.

You change society by changing the wind. Change the wind, transform the debate, recast the discussion, alter the context in which political discussions are being made, and you will change the outcomes... You will be surprised at how fast the politicians adjust to the change in the wind.

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment as to whether it will change, how fast it will change, and we hope that we can help influence them as to how change comes about and what change might be better for them than other forms of change.

Any time there's significant change, there's going to be some people who embrace the change and others who are against the change.

The change between horse and buggy to automobile is a big change and there hasn't been a major change since.

Of course, change requires change. Until there is a felt need for change, it is only an event not a pattern.

The world is not going to change overnight, nor in my lifetime, nor in my grandchildren's lifetime. But it will change, if we change, not for a day or a year, but for a lifetime. Yes, it will change, if we change.

Things change pretty rapidly. But they don't change inevitably. They change because you work for it.

The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.

Men change, fashions change, conditions and circumstances change, but God never changes.

With people, if you see something you want to change, you can make the change immediately. And if that doesn't work, you can change it again half an hour later. You can't do that with a robot. They're terrible at experimenting.

It is change continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today.

I think you come to watch baseball, and if you're a true fan, then you enjoy watching baseball. MLB tries to change this and change that, speed up the games, but baseball's baseball. You can't change it. It's America's pastime. It's the greatest game on earth. I don't really want to change it that much.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.

I do believe that music will change and has to change in some capacity, and I'll either change and reinvent or sink or swim.

People don't want to change. It's hard for people to change and it's hard for businesses to change. If I was running an oil company, I would be resistant to change too.

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

When God doesn't change a circumstance, He can change our hearts in knowing that He can change all things for the good.

I like poetry, but honestly, I like dramatic literature more. If I had to pick between Rumi and Dostoevsky, I would pick Dostoevsky without even thinking about it. Ninety-nine out of 100 Iranians would probably pick Rumi. Kiarostami, too, would probably pick Rumi first. I try to have the meaning be in the action of the story, not in the symbolism. I want it to be in the action, and it's dramatic action that creates the meaning.